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poration oi Uelaware Application February 2t, 1930, Serial No. 430,053 In Great Britain March 16, 1929 14?. Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in talking machines and in particular to talking machines of the kind which embody means for automatically reversing a disc record in the playing position so that when the selection on one side of the record has been played the record is turned over to bring the other side into position for cooperation with the reproducer.

The invention is particularly suitable for use with automatic talking machines which play a series of records fed singly in succession from a magazine to the playing position, for whenso used, it permits the records fed from the magazine to be played from both sides. It will however be understood that the application of the invention is not limited to use with magazine machines but it may be used with any type of machine employing disc records with sounds recorded on both sides.

20 Talking machines embodying means for reversing disc records are known in which record engaging members are employed which move the record vertically, the members being also capable of being rotated together with the engaged rec- 25 rd for the purpose of reversing it.

According to the present invention there is provided record reversing mechanism of the type having record engaging members adapted to move the record in a. verticaldirection and to be in- 30 verted with the record to reverse it, wherein the reversal of the record and record engaging membersis effected during the vertical movement of the record.

- In the preferred form, the record engaging 35 members are in the form of pairs of arms pivoted on a carrier and'adapted to grip the record between them, the carrier itself being arrangedfor rotational movements in a bearing at the upper end of a pillar or standard mounted for 40 up and down movements, and'being also provided with a toothed wheel which co-operates with a rack or racks on a fixed part of the machine as the pillar or standard moves vertically to effect rotation of the carrier, arms and record.

The record engaging arms on the carrier, during playing, he one at each side of the record and out of contact therewith. Each arm is formed of two parts which move together about pivots on the carrier. When the record in the playing posi- 50 tion is to be reversed the arms are moved inwards or-towards one another toa position wherethe partsof each arm lie one above and one below the record. In this position the record is yieldingly gripped between the parts of the arms and 55 it remains so gripped until the reversing operation (Ell. 234-49) has been completed. When the record to'be'reversed has been gripped, the carrier, arms and record are first raised, then swung laterally to a position where space is afforded to permit the record to be turned, whereupon the carrier, arms and record are lowered and then raised again. During these lowering and rising movements, the carrier, arms and record are rotated'through 180 to bring the unplayed side of the record uppermost, whereupon carrier, arms and record are swung back to the position where the record is over the turntable, and lowered to deposit the reversed record on the turntable ready for reproduction of the selection now uppermost.

The invention is illustrated by way oi. example in the accompanying drawings as applied to a machine of the kind embodying means for automatically repositioning the sound arm betweenthe completion of playing of one record and the commencement of playing of the next.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a part of a talking machine to which the invention has been applied. Fig. 1A is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of a machine with the parts ofthe record reversing mechanism in position'where the reversing operation has been partly carried out.

Fig. 3 is a part side elevation of the machine looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a part side elevation corresponding to Fig. 3 but with the parts of the reversing mechanism atrest.

Fig. 5 is a part sectional side elevation on the line' 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the record engaging arms.

Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional elevations of the record engaging arms with the parts in the record gripping and non-gripping positions respectively and drawn on a larger scale and on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6.

Figs. 9 and 10 show details. Fig. 11 is a view in elevation showing the operating cams and associated transmission members.

Fig. 12 is a plan view taken on the line l2--l2 in Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a plan view on the line l3-l3 of Fig. 11.

Fig. 14 is a plan view on line-l4-l4 of Fig. 11. Referring to the drawings (Fig. 1) I is the base plate of the machine mounted in a suitable cabinet 2. Beneath the base plate I is sus- I utilized in known manner and as described in pended an electric motor 3 which continuously drives a turntable spindle 4 through gearing (not shown) in the usual manner.

The turntable spindle at its upper end supports a turntable 5 of a diameter which is less than that of the smallest record to be employed.

A sound arm 6 is pivoted at I and carries the usual reproducer 8 at its free end A clutch device 9 of known form is provided on the turntable spindle 4 and this device is operated by the known arrangement comprising a pivoted clutch operating lever l9, having a toothed segment l8 pivotally mounted on its outer end which segment co-operates with a ratchet wheel II on an arm I2 rigid with the sound arm 6, to put in the clutch when a movement is imparted to the sound arm 9 in the opposite direction to that in which it moves during playing. Such a reversal of' the movement of the sound arm may be eflected in known manner by the entry of the stylus of the-reproducer into an eccentric groove provided at the end of the record sound line near the centre of the record. When the clutch is put in in this manner, the constantly rotating turntable spindle 4 is coupled through suitable gearing |3, |4, l5, l8 (Figs. 1 and 2) with a series of cams carried by a stub shaft II, which eflect the various automatic operations of the machine.

The means described, comprising the shaft l1 and the means for intermittently coupling said series of cams with the machine motor 3 through the turntable spindle 4 each time the playing of a record is completed, are substantially the same as those described in our British Patent No. 317,357 and do not form part of the presentinvention.

I The intermittently driven series of cams are the machine forming the subject of the earlier patent to raise the sound arm 6 to disengage the stylus from the record on the turntable, to swing the sound arm 6 outwards to a position where the reproducer is outside the edge of the record, to move the sound arm inwards again until the stylus is over the edge of the record and finally to lower the sound arm 6 to engage the stylus with the surface of the record on the turntable. In the machine according to the present invention additional cams are provided on the shaft H, which cams, through suitable trans-, mission mechanism hereinafter described operate .upper and lower plates 29, 2|, being secured therein by nuts 21 screwed on to the ends of the short tubes. The two parts of each record engaging arm 25, 26 are fixedly secured together by links 28 situated towards the pivoted ends of the arms.

The arms 25, 26 during playing of the machine lie in the positions shown in full'lines in Fig. 1. When the record on the turntable is to be reversed the arms are caused to move about their pivots 23, 24 on the carrier into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 in which the upper part of each arm lies above the record on the turntable and the lower part below the record.

"The means employed for eflecting these movements of arms 25, 26 is as follows:-

Through an aperture in the centre of the web 20 of the carrier l9 extends a, sleeve 29 having a flange 39 fitting between the parts 20, 2| of the carrier, and the sleeve 29 is fixed with regard to the carrier l9 by means of a lock ring 3|. The sleeve 29 is mounted in ball bearings 32, 33 so as to be capable of rotational movements in a barrel-like member 34 supporting the ball bearings 32, 33 at its ends and itself supported at the upper end 01' a vertical pillar or standard 35.

Within the sleeve 29 is mounted a rod 36 which is capable o1 sliding movement therein for a purpose yet to be described and on this rod slides a member 3] shaped as shown in Fig. 10. The member 31 has lugs 39, 39, 40 and 4| formed on four sides, and in the side lugs 39 and 4| are formed elongated grooves or depressions 42, while an aperture 43 extends vertically through the body of the member 31 and the upper and lower lugs 38 and 40.-

The depressions 42 in the side lugs 39, 4| in the mounted position receive vertical pins 44 which are secured between extensions of the upper and lower part of each 01' the arms 2!, 26, one to each arm (see Fig. 6).

The lower end of the aperture 43 receives the ball-shaped end of a lever 45'mounted for movement in a vertical plane about an axis 49 carried on a fixed part of the machine.

The lever 45, the body of which is or channel section, is pivotally connected at its lower end (Fig. 12) to a plate 9! by means of a 'pin 92 which passes through the walls of lever 45 and .the lugs 93 carried by plate 9i, the plate 9| being moved positively in either one of two directions.

A slot is provided in the link 41. for engagement with the sleeve I! carried by the shaft il whereby the link 41 is guided in its movements.

When the arms'25 and 29 are to be moved toward one another to c ime the record to be turned over, the lever 49 is rocked by the, cam 94 link 41 and plate ill from the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5 to that shown in Fig. 3. In consequence member 31 is caused to slide along rod 39 from the position indicated in the lower half of Fig. 6 to that indicated in the upper half of that figure. By virtue of the engagement of pins 44 in the depressions 42 in the lugs 4| and 39 of member 31, the arms 29 and 28 are moved about the pivots 23, 24 from the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 1 to that indicated in dotted lines in that figure to engage the record.

The arms 25, 26 having been moved into engagement with the record, means are provided to enable the record to be gripped between the parts of the arms so that the record shall remain firmly gripped between the parts throughout the subsequent steps in the reversing operation.

For this'purpose the parts 0! the arms", 29 are of shallow trough formation with the in- As the contacting members Within each trough (Figs. 7 and 8) is mounted a flat contacting member 48 formed for example i of thin metal faced with thin felt and having a short leg 49 at each corner to keep the member 48 away from the bottom of the trough. Be-

tween each member 48 and the bottom of the trough is arranged a corrugated leaf spring 50 the end of which abuts against the end wall 5i of the trough while the other end is fixedly connected with a bar 52 also lying within the trough. Pins 53 extend across the, trough to retain the spring 50 in position. A light U-shaped wire spring 54 is also mounted in the trough behind the members 48, the bottom of the U being threaded through eyes 55 at the back of the members I 48, the arrangement being such that the spring 54 tends to hold member 48 down in the trough with the legs 49 incontact with the trough bottom.

The end of the bar 52 away from the spring 55 is pivotally connected througha common pivot with two links 56 and 5'l,.the former of which .is'

pivoted at a point 58 on the part of the arm 25 or 25, while the other is pivotally connected with the end of the horizontally moving rod 36 (Fig. 5)

through a; long pin 59 which extends through an aperture in the end of the rod 36 and through the ends of the two links 51 of each arm. The ends of the pin 59 are of ball shape and the lower end engages in a depression in the end of a lever Ni mounted for movement in a vertical plane about a horizontal axis 6! on a fixed part of the machine. a

This lever 60 is pivotally connected at the lower end with an angle plate 55 (Figs. 11 and 12) which in turn is bolted to the end of alink 62 arranged to make horizontal reciprocating movements in timed relation with those of link 41 under the influence of the same cam 54 on the shaft ll.

Two rollers 52' and 62" engage the two connected profile plates 94' and 94" of cam 54 so that link 62 is always moved positively. A slot in the link 62 engages over the sleeve ill on the shaft il whereby the link 52 is guided,

and a slot Hill is formed in the link 41 through which the roller ttpasses'to engage the profile plate 94' of the cam 55.

To grip the record on the turntable the lever 55 is moved by the cam ,94 and link 62 from the position indicated in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 3. In consequence rod 36 is moved into sleeve 29 and the links 57 are moved through pin 55 from the position represented by the lower half of Fig. 6 to that represented in the upper half of that figure. Bars 52 are thereby thrust longitudinally of the trough shaped parts of the arms 25, 26 and the corrugated springs 55 are caused to bend and shorten and the contacting members 45 are thereby moved away from the bottom of the troughs and into firm contact with the surface of the record 92 to be gripped, in the mannerclear- 1y indicated by Figs. 7 and 8. v v

4% moved into the record gripping position the record is raised slightly from the turntable surface so that there is no rubbing between the constantly rotating turntable and the now stationary record.

The record having geen gripped by the arms 25, 25 the next step consists in raising the rec- 0rd from the turntable to tree the central aperture of the record from the turntable spindle 4.

To this end the pillar or standard 35 supporting the barrel-like member 34, the carrier l9 and the connected parts, is itself mounted for vertical movements in a fixed guiding sleeve 63 on 'a fixed part of the machine. The vertical movements of' the pillar or standard 35 in the sleeve 63 are efiected'by means of a double bell crank lever 64 (Figs. 3, 4 and 11) mounted for rocking movements about a. horizontal axis'formed by a pin 65 supported in brackets 66 fixed to the exteriorof the guide sleeve 63.

The horizontal limbs 61 of the'bell crank lever 64 engage pivotally at their ends with trunnions B8 on a disc or washer 69 (Fig. 4) ,'having an enlarged central aperture, and which is connected with the lower end of the pillar or standard 35 through a nut 15 screwed on to a threaded pin 16 extending from a plug Tl in the end of A the tubular pillar 35. A friction washer I8 is interposed between the nut i5 and the washer 69 and the arrangement is such that washer 55 is capable of laterally sliding movements with regard to the pillar or standard 35 to take account of the arcuate path of movement of the ends of the horizontal limb of hell crank lever 54.

The vertical limbs of the bell crank lever 54 are pivotally connected by a pin at H with a lug l3 upstanding from a plate 91 bolted to the end of a link 12 which is arranged for horizontal-reciprocation under the influence of a cam 98 on shaft ll. Cam 95 is formed by two rigidly connected profile plates 58 and 98" and two rollers l2 and 52 on link '52, each of said rollers engaging v'vith one of said profile plates so that line 12 is always moved positively. A slot l'lll in the link it engages over a washer Hi2 surrounding sleeve ll on shaft ll, Fig. 13, so that link 12 is guided in its movements. When the link 12 is drawn to the left in Fig. 4, the bell crank lever 64 and. link l2 are rocked about the pivot 55 to raise the pillar or standard 35 in the sleeve 53.

are,raised, and the central aperture of the rec- 1 0rd is freed from the turntable spindle. At the same time the pin 59 is disengaged from the cupped end of lever 60, and member 3! from the ball end of lever 55. A spiral tension spring 14 is provided between the point of connection H- of the bell crank lever 54 with the link l2, and a fixed point on the machine to reduce the amount of work called for from the machine motor 3 through the shaft H in raising the pillar or standard 35 and the parts carried thereby.

The fixed point on the machine may be conveniently formed by a pin it? on a bracing bar we extending betweenthe brackets 55 and a further bracket 555 secured to the underside of the base plate 11, this bracing bar 1108 also engaging the lower end of the camshaft ill to furnish rigidity.

The record having been raised from the turn table 5 in. the manner described above, it is next swung laterallyfrom above the turntable 5 to a position where space is afforded for the turning over of the records and this is efiected by rotating the pillar or standard 55 in the sleeve 53.

On the lower end of the pillar or standard 55' is fixedly mounted a ring having a radially extending arm on the endof which is carried a vertical rod at. This rod engages in an aperture in the end of a horizontal link 82 also mov- This cam 88 is formed by two fixedly connected 'proille plates 88' and 88" (Fig. 14) and rollers 82' and 82" on link 82, each of which engage with one of these plates so that the link 82 is always 5 moved positively. A slot I08 in link 82 engages over camshaft I1 and the link is thus guided during its movements.

The profile plate 88' is furnished with a cutaway as shown at I04 (Fig. 14) in which is mounted a short 'stifl spring I05, the free end of which projects outwards beyond the edge of plate 88 and a corresponding cutaway I05 is formed on the edge of plate 88". When the cam 88 is in the appropriate position, this spring I05 engages 15 roller 82" on link 82 in such a manner as to tend to urge the link to the left in Fig. 14 to a somewhat greater extent than would be the case if the edge of profile plate 88' were continuous. The purpose of this arrangement will be described later on. The rod 8| is capable of sliding vertically in the aperture in the end of link 82 to permit the free vertical'movement of pillar or standard 85 to which the arm 80 carrying rod 8I is connected. A pair of resilient pads 84 is supported in the machine in a position such that the link 82 is guided between them during its movements, so that the necessary: limited lateral movements of the link necessitated by the arcuate path of movement of rod 8I as it moves between the positions indicated in Figs. 3 and 4 to rotate the pillar or standard 35, are permitted.

The pillar or standard 85 having been rotated to bring the parts supported thereby including the record to a position to one side of the tum- 5 table as indicated by the horizontal position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the reversalof the record is next effected.

- The reversing movements are imparted to the sleeve 28 within the barrel like member 84, 'car- 40 rier I8 and record engaging arms during an up and down movement of the pillar or standard 85.

At the rear end of the rotatable sleeve 28 in thebarrel-like member 84 is rigidly fixed a toothed wheel 85. On a pair of upstanding sup- 5 ports 88, 81 on the baseplate of the machine are mounted a pair of toothed racks 88, 88, which are spaced apart a .distance which permits the toothed wheel 85 to roll on either rack 88 or rack 88.

To reverse the record, the pillar 85, while in the swung out position, is lowered by the rocking of bell crank lever 84 as permitted by link 12' and the cam 88 controlling said link, and during this lowering movement wheel 85 rolls on rack 88.

Sleeve 28 together with carrier I8, arms 25 and 28 and the record are rotated in the bearings 82 and 88 in the barrel like member 84 until when the pillar or standard 85 reaches its lowermost position, these parts have been turned through an angle of 90 into the vertical position indispring is so loaded that as roller 82' subsequentlyg moves from the high part of cam plate 98" into the cutaway I08 the link 82 is urged suddenly downwards in Fig. 14 and thereby pillar 85 is rotated slightly in a counter-clockwise direction looking in the direction of Fig. 2 to move wheel 85 out from engagement with rack 88 and into thus completed.

A spring plunger is carried in an aperture in the body of the barrel-like member 84 and this member engages with its lower end against flats 8I formed on the surface of the sleeve 28 to ensure that the sleeve 28 comes to rest in a position where the record is horizontal.

The return of the record to the playing position is effected by a reversal of the sequence of movements, described above as taking place preparatory to the reversing movement.

Link 82 is drawn to the left in Figs. 5 and 11 to rotate the pillar or standard to bring the arms 25, 28 to a position where the record held thereby is suspended over the turntable. When this position is reached, link 12 moves to the right in Figs. 4 and 11 to permit bell crank 84 to rock and thereby lower the pillar or standard 85. During this movement the record is placed on the turntable with its centralaperture over the top of the turntable spindle 4 and the now lowermost end of pin 58 engages in the cup shaped end of lever 80' while the formerly uppermost end of the apertured member 81 engages with the ball on the end of lever 45. Lever 80 is now rocked from the. position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 5 by a thrust imparted to link 82 from cam 84 and the rod 88 drawn from within sleeve 28. During these movements lever 45 remains stationary in the position shown in Fig. 3 and in consequence member 81 does not move from the position shown in the upper half of Fig. 6, the rod 88 sliding through said member 81. As rod 88 moves from within sleeve 28, the links 51 connected therewith are moved to swing the links 58 and to draw on the bars 52 to partially straighten the corrugated springs 50. The gripping members 48 are thereby permitted to move into the trough shaped members forming the arms 25, 28 under the urge of springs wise direction in Fig. 3 under the control of link I 41, and cam 84 whereby member 81 is caused to slide from the position shown in the upper half of Fig. 6 to that shown in the lower half of that figure. This movement results in arms 25 and 28 being swung in a horizontal plane away from one another into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. With the arms 28, 28 in this position, the operation of the reversing mechanism is complete and the record is ready for reproduction of the selection on that side of the record which was formerly underneath.

While in the example described and illustrated the turning over movement of the record takes place partly during a lowering movement of the carrier and partly during a rising movement .of the carrier, it will be clear that by utilizing a rack of sufllcient length, the: record. may be turned through during movement of the carrier in one direction up or down. Similarly, by providingfor a lifting movement of sufilcient extent for the carrier, a record can be reversed without the necesity for swinging the record laterally with regard to the turntable. Again. the

carrier, instead of moving up and down as in the 75 case described in directions at right angles to the plane of the turntable may move in directions which lie obliquely to the plane of the turntable. We claim:-- 1. In an automatic phonograph including a turntable, reoordreversing mechanism comprising record engaging members, means for causing said members to grip a record on said turntable and initially elevate the same, means for moving said members and record to a position clear of said turntable, means for subsequently elevating and lowering saidrecord engaging members and record when in said clear position, means for rotating said engaging members and record through an angle of during the raising and lowering movement of said engaging members and record whereby to reverse said record, and means for returning said engaging means and record to said turntable to present .the reverse side of the record for reproduction.

2 In an automatic phonograph including a record tablet and a support therefor, record reversing mechanism comprising means for removing the record from said support, means for moving said first named means and record to a position clear of said support, means for vertically reciprocating said first named means and record in said clear position, means for reversing said first named means and record while in said position during the reciprocatory movement thereof, means for returningsaid first named means and record to a position over said support, and means for lower"- ing said first named means whereby to deposit said record on said support in said reversed position.

3. In an. automatic phonograph including a turntable, record reversing mechanism comprising a vertically reciprocablestandard, record engaging armscarried by said standard, means for causing said arms to engage a record on said turntable, means for shifting said standard laterally to a position clear of said turntable when in a raised position, means for reciprocating said standard in said clear position, and means for rotating said arms and record through an angle of 180 during the reciprocatory movement of said standard 4. In an automatic phonograph including a turntable, record reversing mechanism comprising means for gripping a record on said turntable, means for elevating said gripping means and rec- 0rd above said turntable, means for moving said gripping means and record laterally to a position clear of said turntable, means for reversing said gripping meansand record simultaneously with the lowering and subsequent elevation thereof in said clear position, means for subsequently mov-- ing said gripping means and record laterally to a position over said turntable, means for lowering said gripping means and record to deposit said record on said turntable, and means for releasing said gripping means.

5. In an automatic phonograph includinga turntable, record reversing mechanism comprising means for removing a record from the turntable, means for moving said first named means and record to a position clear of the turntable, means for elevating and lowering said first named means and record when in said clear position, means for rotating said first named means and record through an angle of 180 during the raisingand lowering movement of said first named means to reverse said record, and means actuating said first named meansto deposit said record on said turntable.

6. In' an automatic phonograph including a turntable, record reversing mechanism comprising record engaging means, means for causing said engaging means to grip a record on said ,turntable, means for moving said engaging means and record to a position clear of said turntable, means for elevating and lowering said engaging means and record when in said clear position, means for rotating said engaging means and record through an angle of- 180 during the raising and lowering movement of said engaging means to reverse said record, and means for returning said engaging means and record to said turntable to present the reverse side of the record for reproduction.

7. In an automatic phonograph, a record transfer mechanism comprising a carrier, record gripping arms pivoted to said carrier, a reciprocable standard for pivotally supporting said carrier, cam and lever means for reciprocating said standard longitudinallyand for rotating it about its axis, and means for rotating said carrier and record gripping arms through an angle of 180 during the reciprocatory movement of said standard.

8. In an automatic phonograph, a record transfer mechanism comprising a carrier, record gripping arms pivotedto said carrier, resilient record contacting means carried by said arms, a reciprocable standard for pivotally supporting said carrier, means for reciprocating said standard longitudinally'and for rotating it about its axis, and means for rotating said carrier and record gripping arms through an angle of 180 during the reciprocatory movement of said standard.

9. In an automatic phonograph, a record transfer mechanism comprising a carrier, record gripping arms pivoted to said carrier, resilient record contacting means carried by said arms, a reciprocable standard for pivotally supporting said carrier, cam and lever means for imparting a longimovement of said standard.

10. In an automatic phonograph, a record transfer mechanism comprising a carrier, a plurality of two part record engaging arms pivoted to said carrier and friction gripping means on adjacent sides of the parts of each arm, a vertically reciprocable standard for pivotally supporting said carrier, means for actuating said arms and gripping means, means for reciprocating said standard longitudinally and for rotatingit about its axis, and means for rotating said :carrier through an angle of 180 during the longitudinal reciprocatory movement of said standard.

11. In an automatic phonograph including a turntable, a record reversing mechanism comprising a pillar or standard, means for reciprocating said standard, a carrier rotatably mounted on said standard, record engaging arms pivoted to said carrier, said arms being provided with resil-- ient means for gripping a record, said carrier being further provided with a toothed wheel adapted to cooperate with a rack disposed adjacent said standard for reversing said carrier during a reciprocating movement of said standard.

12. In an automatic phonograph, a'record reversing mechanism comprising a pillar or standard, means for elevating and lowering said standard, a carrier rotatably mounted on said standard, record engaging arms pivoted to said carrier, said carrier being further provided with a toothed v wheel adapted to cooperate successively with a pair of racks disposed adjacent to said standard during movement of the standard in two directions to reverse the position of the carrier.

13. In an automatic phonograph, a record reversing mechanism comprising a pillar or standard, means for moving said standard both longitudinally and rotatably about its axis, a bearing mounted in the upper end of said standard, a carrier rotatabLv disposed in said bearing, a toothed wheel secured to said carrier, said wheel being adapted to cooperate successively with a pair of rack members disposed adjacent to said standard during the longitudinal and rotary movement of said standard to reverse the position of said carrier, and a plurality of record engaging arms pivoted to said carrier.

14. In an automatic phonograph, a record transfer mechanism comprising a carrier, a plurality of two part record supporting arms having friction gripping members on adjacent sides of the parts constituting each arm, pivoted to said carrier, a standard for supporting said carrier, cam and lever means for longitudinally and rotatably moving said standard of and about its 

